Maz Jobrani (مازیار جبرانی ) was born on 26 February 1972. He is an Iranian-American comedian and actor. He has performed around the world, before the King of Jordan and stars in popular Hollywood films such as 'Friday After Next' (2005), '13 Going On 30' (2004), The Interpreter' (2005) and the multi-award-winning short film 'In The Dark' (2008). He has also co-written Jimmy Vestvood: Amerikan Hero (2015) in which he stars in the lead role as Jimmy Vestvood. Moved by George W. Bush in his State ...of the Union Address on January 29, 2002, Maz founded a comedy group 'Axis of Evil'. Jobrani came to cinema from an academic background, having majored in political science and minored in Italian at UC Berkley. He later enrolled on a PhD program at UCLA when he decided to pursue comedy.